>>2823845 (pb)

I'd add that "hearing" in the context of an ex parte procedure doesn't even make sense. The structure of FISA for particular warrants (not the bulk warrants) uses the phrase that the judges shall "hear" the applications (1801(a)(1)). Yet the applications must be submitted in writing (1804(a)).

The determination by the judge follows a formula, stated in 1805, that mirrors the contents specification in 1804. I imagine there might be occasions for objection or rejection of an application (see parallel in patent application, another ex parte process) where the applicant desires to advance his argument in person. But by this time, the formula for getting the "shall issue" formula correct is clear as a bell.

There is NOTHING in the statute for a hearing, other than hearing of the court sitting en banc. Those would be novel issues of law, I would think, and Carter Page application is not novel.

>>2823982

She's /ourgilr/ but also feeds the confirmation bias that TV runs on. Predictable position is all Q is saying, and in this case she is either playing a role appearing to denigrate Sessions/Huber, or she sincerely means to denigrate Sessions/Huber. Either way, that position plays into the popular bias expressed by pretty much the entire crew at FoxNews. Predictable - but not fact-based.

>>2824142

The FISA system is doing what it is supposed to. Give a procedural cover story that supports the fiction that government surveillance is controlled or curtailed by some sort of oversight.

FISA came about after the government lost the Keith case.

>>2824395

Figure that this sort of abuse of power, even endorsed by a secret court, is not uncommon, and is usually successfully covered up. They didn't think Trump would win.

None of this comes out if anybody else wins, even if all the others were under similar surveillance. Dollars to donuts Sanders was snooped to beat the band.

The point of a warrant is to get the contents of the snoop accepted into evidence into court. No need for evidence in court? Then no need for a warrant. See all sorts of unmasking, etc.

To the government, this is normal.